Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 On 8/3/2019 at 5:02 PM, Dreamtoreal1 said: sweethearts #25 (Charlton 1954) Only three graded by cgc Some cool covers in that run. Tough to find many of the issues in better than mid-grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 CGC can't seem to make up their minds about whether to label Superior books as Canadian editions, which I think they all were, no? This one has an interesting Kamen cover, although kind of awkwardly composed, imo. sacentaur 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 9:37 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: This is embarrassing...I didn't realize how much my scanner was off on my book. I fixed it in photoshop just now after looking at my copy. This is real...still nice, but not as "bold" as the phony...LOL Don't know if I've ever seen a copy of this one before. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: CGC can't seem to make up their minds about whether to label Superior books as Canadian editions, which I think they all were, no? This one has an interesting Kamen cover, although kind of awkwardly composed, imo. Nice book there! I think it's a 'case' of they are strictly Canadian produced books, as opposed to 'Canadian edition' which implies, there are U.S. produced issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 A lot of nice painted covers in this run--mostly repurposed from Avon paperbacks? Tough to find this one in decent shape. Census topper is only a 5.5. pmpknface and davet75 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, sagii said: Nice book there! I think it's a 'case' of they are strictly Canadian produced books, as opposed to 'Canadian edition' which implies, there are U.S. produced issues. Ah, interesting. Weren't there also some issues that were produced in Canada but sold in the U.S.? In think this was all discussed before, but who can remember these things?? Not me, evidently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Ah, interesting. Weren't there also some issues that were produced in Canada but sold in the U.S.? In think this was all discussed before, but who can remember these things?? Not me, evidently! I believe it was. I think @porcupine48 is a 'Superior Pub' guy. He may be able to fill in the blanks Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Love most of the covers in this series. Fairly common to find beater copies of this run, but mid-grade and above are really tough. Not sure I've seen any high-grade copies, although I wouldn't put it past @MrBedrock to have some. MrBedrock and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) Another Gleason romance series with some great covers. Not sure who the artist was here, but I like this one a lot. Upgraded from a "Nancy collection" copy. Edited May 11, 2020 by Sqeggs Typo damonwad, MrBedrock, sagii and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Always resisted bothering with this one because there are a crazy number of high-grade copies (warehouse find?). But this fell into my lap dirt cheap. In a six-way tie for 13th highest graded. pmpknface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 Alice Kirkpatrick doesn't get much respect from CGC, but this is definitely one of hers. damonwad, davet75, sacentaur and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 47 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: CGC can't seem to make up their minds about whether to label Superior books as Canadian editions, which I think they all were, no? This one has an interesting Kamen cover, although kind of awkwardly composed, imo. Superiors were published in Toronto, Canada, not far from where I live. The artwork was purchased from Igor shop. There were no U.S. editions. sacentaur and Sqeggs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 One of the more confusaliting titles. Despite the cover and despite the CGC label, this is actually Lovelorn 52. ACG didn't change the official title to match the cover title until issue 76. I think this copy is in a three-way tie for highest graded, but who knows? Much whiter in hand than my scanner makes it seem. MrBedrock, Tri-Color Brian, comicnoir and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 The escalation in the prices of Cole romance has outstripped my willingness to buy them, but I picked this one up at some point last year. Chief1332 and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Sqeggs said: The escalation in the prices of Cole romance has outstripped my willingness to buy them, but I picked this one up at some point last year. You are wasting no times kicking butt and taking names! At least we know you've still been collecting and submitting books. Great show today (so far) Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 59 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Another Gleason romance series with some great covers. Not sure who the artist was here, but I like this one a lot. Upgraded from a "Nancy collection" copy. "Downes" The same cover artist as Teen-age Romances 26-30. comicnoir, Sqeggs and davet75 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 45 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: Always resisted bothering with this one because there are a crazy number of high-grade copies (warehouse find?). But this fell into my lap dirt cheap. In a six-way tie for 13th highest graded. Yes, this was part of a warehouse find in central CA in the early 70s. There were probably 2,000+ copies of this issue, along with all the other Charlton titles from the same time period. This is one of the reasons that Thing #16 should be no more than a $20 book...there were 15,000+ copies of that one... Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 Despite the unfortunate miscut and the Newton rings in the slabbing (both accentuated by my scan) there are times when you see a book and say to yourself "Self, old laddie, methinks we must buy this book." And you have to answer "Yes, I believe we do." MrBedrock, damonwad, Tri-Color Brian and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Just now, Yorick said: "Downes" The same cover artist as Teen-age Romances 26-30. I like those covers, too. Seem undervalued, maybe because they are non-Bakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: Yes, this was part of a warehouse find in central CA in the early 70s. There were probably 2,000+ copies of this issue, along with all the other Charlton titles from the same time period. This is one of the reasons that Thing #16 should be no more than a $20 book...there were 15,000+ copies of that one... 2,000! Holy cow! I know Thing 16 in high grade has always been very common. I wonder if there are still piles of high-grade copies of both issues still sitting somewhere waiting to be slabbed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
